Pál Bedák: Hungary’s World Boxing Silver Medalist
Hungary’s Pál Bedák represented his country in Olympic boxing at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. At Athens he competed in the men’s light-flyweight event.
Pál Bedák’s amateur boxing achievements
Born in Budapest on 8 September 1985, Bedák boxed for the Vasas club. His international success began in youth competition: he won the European Cadet Championships in 2002, the European Junior Championships in 2003 and the Junior World Championships in 2004. At the junior world event, his final opponent was Russia’s Sergey Vodopyanov.
Bedák also made an impact at senior level while still a teenager. He earned bronze at the 2004 European Championships in Pula before traveling to Athens for his first Olympic Games. Azerbaijan’s Jeyhun Abiyev defeated him in the opening round of the light-flyweight tournament.
World silver and the Beijing Games
One of Bedák’s most significant results came at the 2005 World Championships, where he reached the light-flyweight final. He finished with silver after losing to China’s Zou Shiming. That world medal belongs to a separate competition from his Olympic appearances.
In Beijing in 2008, Bedák again entered the Olympic light-flyweight division. A narrow 8–7 defeat against Kazakhstan’s Birzhan Zhakypov ended his tournament in the first round. Olympedia lists him in joint 17th place at both of his Games.
His older brother Zsolt Bedák was also an Olympic boxer. Pál moved into professional boxing after the Beijing Games; the embedded December 2009 footage against Lahcene Zemmouri illustrates that later phase of his career.
Sources
Sources: Olympedia profile; Career overview and references.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
